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nelson mandela lived for that ideal and he made it real. he achieved more than could be expected of any man. and today he's gone home. we've lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human being that any of us will know in the short time on this earth. he no longer belongs to us, he belongs to the ages. through his fierce dignity and unbending will to sacrifice his own freedom for the freedom of others, madiba transformed south africa and moved all of us. his journey from a prisoner to a president embodied the promise that human beings and countries can change for the better. the commitment to transfer power and reconcile with those who jailed him set an example that all humanity should aspire to whether in the lives of nations or our own personal lives. the fact he did it all with grace and good humor and the ability to acknowledge his own imperfections only makes the man that much more remarkable. once said i'm not a saint unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. i am one of the countless million
nelson mandela lived for that ideal and he made it real. he achieved more than could be expected of any man. and today he's gone home. we've lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human being that any of us will know in the short time on this earth. he no longer belongs to us, he belongs to the ages. through his fierce dignity and unbending will to sacrifice his own freedom for the freedom of others, madiba transformed south africa and moved all of us. his journey from...
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the nelson mandela children's fund was never work for him. all those appearances, and i would than him -- and i had been with him many times, he just love children. you'd walk out of the house and the security detail would be seared -- furious with him, you go for a walk and ring people's doorbells. it would open the door and he would say hi, i am nelson mandela. >> i knew him long enough ago when people did not know him when he rang the doorbell's. >> this was what year? and 1993. when we stayed outside of where he built his house, we would take these very long early morning walks, and i mean early, 4:30 a.m., 5:00 a.m., and we would walk to different villages. people did not know who we was. i thought he was a visiting chief. he loved it. he could not love it more when someone did not recognize him. out, i think he is better with four-year-olds the 94-year-olds. [laughter] he loved children and he loved holding them. there is a wonderful story that not many people know. on the day of his relief -- release, february 11, he was supposed to gi
the nelson mandela children's fund was never work for him. all those appearances, and i would than him -- and i had been with him many times, he just love children. you'd walk out of the house and the security detail would be seared -- furious with him, you go for a walk and ring people's doorbells. it would open the door and he would say hi, i am nelson mandela. >> i knew him long enough ago when people did not know him when he rang the doorbell's. >> this was what year? and 1993....
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her sister and her husband and nelson mandela. the other story is how he at the time of his inaugural had his jailers sitting there in the audience. you would be familiar with that. >> what was remarkable, and many of the people around him initially were actually uncomfortable and thought this gesture would be misunderstood. but some of the people who imprisoned him, some of the people that on a daily basis kind of subjected him to terrible physical labor for years, were there in the front row. what was astonishing, if you see the exchanges during this period, there was a familiarity and respect that had grown over time between them. in the end, in a sense it was as if mandela was their jailer, even though he was imprisioned. he was the one who looked after them, and they looked to him for grace, which he delivered in a remarkable way. they were comfortable and honored to be there, and he was respectful of them. it was from those early associations. remember, the guys who came to power with mandela, the armed wing of the african n
her sister and her husband and nelson mandela. the other story is how he at the time of his inaugural had his jailers sitting there in the audience. you would be familiar with that. >> what was remarkable, and many of the people around him initially were actually uncomfortable and thought this gesture would be misunderstood. but some of the people who imprisoned him, some of the people that on a daily basis kind of subjected him to terrible physical labor for years, were there in the...
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ou newangelo -- maya angel nelson mandela since 1960. >> nelson mandela represents the best any of us could hope for. the world is better for having known him. >> we begin with bono. for have been working nelson mandela pretty much my whole life. u2 did the first anti-apartheid gig. the anti-apartheid movement was really big in dublin. i, his instruction to be that great generation, he made that incredible speech after fogger square where he said -- at trafalgar square where he said, the fight against extreme poverty is not the task of charity. poverty, like apartheid, is not natural. it is man-made. know, you must be the generation that takes it on. that has been my instruction book. and i slowly got to know him over the years and received his guidance and his wisdom over the years, and even those last , even to go meet his maker. he will decide. the man who would stand up an courtroom to a protest over there being no african blacks in the room. he wanted everyone to see that a man could stand up, not have to sit down. the genius of the high ground. i am not sure if people understand
ou newangelo -- maya angel nelson mandela since 1960. >> nelson mandela represents the best any of us could hope for. the world is better for having known him. >> we begin with bono. for have been working nelson mandela pretty much my whole life. u2 did the first anti-apartheid gig. the anti-apartheid movement was really big in dublin. i, his instruction to be that great generation, he made that incredible speech after fogger square where he said -- at trafalgar square where he...
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the car door open, nelson mandela popped out, the date of his release, and he said, i am nelson mandela. may i hold your baby? he took this adorable girl in his arms, and then asked directions to the grand parade? he had not held a baby and 27 years. >> years later, he wanted to go on vacation, but he wanted to go where the family could be quiet and not been nelson mandela. we get a call that night. it is a very emotional call. the family is very excited because it is the first time he had ever set foot in the ocean, put his foot in the ocean. >> and he is like 70 something years old? >> it'd been like 40 years, he had never been in the ocean. by that time, his legs were hard to move and stuff like that. he was just so boyish with the fact that he got to walk in the ocean. >> no one knows what it is to be imprisoned and have none of those things. things we just consider part of life, foot in the ocean, holding a baby. did he choose history or did history choose him? >> more than most. i'm a big fan of the expression, come at the moment, come at the man. when young nelson mandella first
the car door open, nelson mandela popped out, the date of his release, and he said, i am nelson mandela. may i hold your baby? he took this adorable girl in his arms, and then asked directions to the grand parade? he had not held a baby and 27 years. >> years later, he wanted to go on vacation, but he wanted to go where the family could be quiet and not been nelson mandela. we get a call that night. it is a very emotional call. the family is very excited because it is the first time he...
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there is the myth of nelson mandela, there is the reality of nelson mandela, and then is the nelson mandela that you knew and there is the nelson mandela who obviously understood who he was and what he was and had time to reflect on all of this. tell me about the man, just -- >> well, i have been -- i have talked a lot, i have talked to you about -- >> rose: this morning. >> about the myth of him being a st. he hated being called a saint, and he wasn't a saint. he wasn't a saint for all kind of reasons, in terms of his own private behavior, which doesn't even matter, but he wasn't a saint because he was ultimaly a pragmatic politician. he, you know, people compare him to gandhi, people compare him to martin luther king, he said to me, he said, for those men, nonviolence was a principle. for me, nonviolence was a tactic. i used it as long as it was successful, but when it stopped being successful, i turned the anc into a military armed wing because my plate goal, my overriding principle was premium for my people and justice for my people and anything that would get me there was what road i w
there is the myth of nelson mandela, there is the reality of nelson mandela, and then is the nelson mandela that you knew and there is the nelson mandela who obviously understood who he was and what he was and had time to reflect on all of this. tell me about the man, just -- >> well, i have been -- i have talked a lot, i have talked to you about -- >> rose: this morning. >> about the myth of him being a st. he hated being called a saint, and he wasn't a saint. he wasn't a...